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Seacliff Tower

Tower House (Medieval)

Site Name Seacliff Tower

Classification Tower House (Medieval)

Alternative Name(s) Sligo's Lookout; Seacliffe

Canmore ID 57868

Site Number NT68SW 5

NGR NT 6130 8418

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council East Lothian
  • Parish Whitekirk And Tyninghame
  • Former Region Lothian
  • Former District East Lothian
  • Former County East Lothian

Archaeology Notes

NW68SW 5 6130 8418

For dovecot at NT 6119 8409, see NT68SW 6.

For Seacliff House (NT 6081 8431) and associated buildings, see NT68SW 28.

(NT 6130 8418) Seacliff Tower (NAT)

OS 6" map (NG)

Seacliff Tower. A ruinous structure, that probably dates from the end of the 16th century, stands on an exposed position on the cliffs above the Car rocks nearly 700 yards east of the Seacliff estate buildings. The building has been oblong, measures 20 feet wide externally and has a present length of 47 feet; at the western end there has been a small rectangular wing, probably a stair tower. The nothern angle of the building stands to a height of 12 feet, but the upper 8 feet of this has been rebuilt. The walls are reduced in places to the present ground level, but the north-west wall is sufficiently high to show remains of a fireplace, slop drain and window. The building is known locally as 'Sligo's Lookout.'

RCAHMS 1927

The remains of the tower are as described above. The walls on the south side are now almost covered by turf.

Visited by OS (WDJ) 13 November 1962 .

Site recorded by GUARD during the Coastal Assessment Survey for Historic Scotland, 'The Firth of Forth from Dunbar to the Coast of Fife' 26th February 1996.

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Field Visit (21 December 1923)

A ruinous structure, that probably dates from the end of the 16th century, stands on an exposed position on the cliffs above the Car rocks nearly 700 yards east of the Seacliff estate buildings. The building has been oblong, measures 20 feet wide externally and has a present length of 47 feet; at the western end there has been a small rectangular wing, probably a stair tower. The northern angle of the building stands to a height of 12 feet, but the upper 8 feet of this has been rebuilt. The walls are reduced in places to the present ground level, but the north-west wall is sufficiently high to show remains of a fireplace, slop drain and window. The building is known locally as ‘Sligo's Lookout’.

RCAHMS 1924, visited 21 December 1923.

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